Mr Shayanewako graduated with a Bachelor of Science Honors in Agronomy from the Midlands State University in 2020 and also holds a certificate in Ornamental Horticulture. He joined ZSAES in 2023 as a Research Services Manager and his interests are in Experimental Design, Bioinformatics, use of Artificial Intelligence to manipulate plant breeding environments and use of UAV in Sugarcane production. His day-to-day operations involve managing the Research Services team in setting up experiments from planting, data collection, harvesting and processing.